Combined table and extension-leaf.



H. A. STONE.

COMBINED TABLE AND EXTENSIONLEAF. APPLICATION FILED 06131. 1913. nzuawtomac. :3. 1916..

Patented July 17, 1917.

srarns rnmnna: saron HARRY A. STONE, OF NEW YCR-K, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T0COLLAPSO PRODUCTS COMPANY, INC., 01 NEW/V YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OFNEW YORK.

COMBINED TABLE AND EXTENSION-LEAF.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 17, 1917.

Original application filed March 10, 1913, Serial No. 753,374. Dividedand this application filed. October 31, 1913, Serial No. 793,464.Renewed. December 13, 1916. Serial No. 136,816.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HARRY A. STONE, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, county of New York, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Tables andExtension-Leaves, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to combined tables and extension leaves.

My object is to provide a combined table and extension leaf; moreparticularly, a foldable skeleton table top composed of foldable arms,combined with a foldable extension leaf of improved construction,whereby the leaf may be folded into compact relation to the table topand folded with the latter, or, extended for use when the table top isin extended condition.

The invention consists of the combination with the table top, of afoldable extension leaf adapted to carry out the foregoing object and,more particularly, it comprises the leaf construction and skeleton tabletop construction therewith combined in the manner substantially ashereinafter set forth. I do not, however, limit myself, except where sospecified in the claims, to the precise embodiments of table top andleaf hereinafter described.

The present invention is a division of my co-pending application, SerialNo. 753374, filed March 10, 1913, and of my Patent No. 1065476, datedJune 24, 1913.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a side View partly in section, showing a table having afoldable table top with which the foldable extension leaf is combined;

Fig. 2, a plan view thereof, the leaf being in extended condition;

Fig. 3, a detail view of the extension leaf folded against the parts ofthe skeleton table top; and

Fig. 4, a detail of a connection between the brace and an arm.

The folding table has folding legs 1 pivoted to ears 3 on a head 2.Fitting down over head 2 is a slidable shell 4 having radial grooves 6.Pivoted at 7 to suitable ears on the head 2 or shell 4 are arms 8 whoseinner ends lie in the grooves 6, thus bracing the arms 8 and relievingthe pivots 7 of s rain. As sh n in F le the arm 8 a hollow and have aslot 9 in their lower face. Each brace 10 has a reduced end 11 (Fig. 4)projecting through slot 9 and provided with a. pin 12. Suitablesupporting means, such as 14, are provided on the legs 1 as a rest forthe braces 10.

The above is a description of one of several forms of folding skeletontop tables of which a certain one is set forth in my application SerialNo. 753374, filed March 10, 1913; others appearing in my Patent No.1065476, dated June 24, 1913, with which the extension leaf may becombined, but the extension leaf may be combined with other tables and Ido not limit the combination of the leaf to the tables enumerated.

The extension leaf may be applied to the ends of any two of the arms 8.

The extension leaf is composed of members 37 pivoted to the ends of thearms 8 at 38, the members 37 having no connection with each other. Eachmember 37 carries articulated members 39 which can be opened out to forma skeleton or may be folded against the member 37 to which they are attached and in substantial extension or alinement with the arms 8 so asto form continuations thereof adapted to be folded with said arms andwith the braces 10. Fig. 2 shows the extension leaf in extendedarrangement ready for holding papers or articles and Fig. 3 disclosesits arrangement when folded. lVhen folded, the articulated members 39fold against the member 37 which carries them.

I may provide in two of the arms 8, the depressions 40 adapted toreceive the rear legs of the typewriter. At the ends of the remainingarms 8, are overhanging flanges 41 adapted to engage the front legs ofthe typewriter. The flanges 41 are particularly designed to engage andhold against tipping the legs of those typewriters which have off-setparts or feet. The table may be used without the flanges 41 anddepressions similar to the depressions 40 may be substituted to adaptthe table for the support of any standard typewriter, or, other meansmay be employed for attaching the typewriter to the arms 8.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with foldable legs, of

a table top having independently foldable arms, foldable braces forsupporting the arms from the legs, and a foldable extension leafconsisting of two groups of relatively foldable jointed sections, thegroups being respectively connected to and carried by adjacent ones ofsaid foldable arms and the sections of the respective groups adapted tofold alongside the said arms and to be an extension leaf composed of twogroups of relatively foldable jointed sections, the respective groupsbeing, as a unit, jointed to, carried by, and foldable into uprightdisposition With certain of said foldable arms and adapted to foldalongside the arms or to be extended laterally so that the sections ofthe respective groups collectively constitute an extension leaf for thetable top when the arms of the latter are in laterally extendeddisposition.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

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